The researcher assumes that in teaching reading, appropriate and possible technique should be applied based on the purpose of reading in order to get the
comprehension. Scanning and skimming technique is possible to be applied by the Junior High School students in their reading to find the specific information and
main idea in various types.
2.4 Concept of Scanning Technique
Scanning technique is used for effective reading, to get specific information quickly. Richard and friends 1991: 322 in Genitri 2009 stated that scanning is
type of speed-reading technique which is used when the reader wants to located a particular piece of information without necessarily understanding the rest of a text
or passage and the reader can study the text in more the detail.
In scanning, the reader wants to examine closely using a regular plan or fixed without making a search for something looking at quickly without careful reading
is often looking for a particular thing Quirk and friend 1998: 931 from “the
American Heritages Dictionary” We can find that scanning is the type of reading
when reader wants to exam closely to look over quickly and systematically of left through hastily.
In reading, the students searching for some particular piece of information in the text quickly and practice to think of clues move their eyes rapidly. Vaezi 2006: 5
states that scanning is reading rapidly to find specific a piece of information. This technique is useful to minimize boredom in classroom.
Scanning is very useful for students to find specific information to get answers from the questions in the assignment or exam, and minimize their time to answer
the questions in the text. According to Casey 2003: 2, scanning is a device used to locate details-specific informatrion that may be asked at the end of the
assignment. As Brown 1994 says, “the purpose of scanning is to extract certain specific
information without reading through the whole text”. Scanning technique is used to discover required information to complete a given task such as making a
decision about what to watch on TV schedule, a name or a date on advertisement, or looking for certain specific information on short articles. Specific information
is the goal of scanning the reading text without reading through the text wholly.
Nuttal 1982: 34 says that scanning means glancing rapidly through the text either to search for a specific information e.g. name, a date or to get an initial
impresssion of whether the text is suitable for given purpose. Thus, scanning is a technique of reading to look for detail and specific information based on the
purpose of the reader, e.g. when the reader want to identify or look for the specific information time, name, date, place in adverstisement functional text.
The researcher assumes scanning technique is appropriate and possible technique to be used in identifying specific information in the text quickly without reading
the whole text.
